"It’s Sword Immortal Lu!" Initially, the medicine shop owner and the others were astonished to be suddenly saved by the sword qi.

But after they got a clear look at Lu Yang’s appearance, their shock turned into wild joy.

"It was Sword Immortal Lu who saved us!"

"What, still not fully awake?" Lu Yang looked at Tang Chuanwu with a dazed expression, teasing him with a smile.

"I’m awake, I’m awake." Tang Chuanwu finally convinced himself that the events from the last reincarnation weren’t an illusion. They were real, and besides himself, someone else also had memories from the reincarnation and was on his side.

Lu Yang picked up the Sand Wolf King with a pierced skull and examined it carefully. He remembered that on the way to Kaihuang City, he casually dealt with a pack of Sand Wolves and a Sand Wolf King. How could another one appear?

"I see now, wolf packs have a sense of territory. Since Old Meng and I killed the last batch of Sand Wolves, naturally another pack would migrate here."

Two groups of Sand Wolves dying near Kaihuang City should mean that, for the time being, no packs would dare to take over here.

"However, I really didn’t expect your time reversal to be triggered by death." Lu Yang was forced to endure hundreds of reincarnations, which meant Tang Chuanwu had to experience death hundreds of times, whether voluntarily or not.

"Fairy, if death can serve as a condition for time retrospection, then how was Time Immortal assassinated in the past?"

"That I don’t know. What powers a Causality Dao Fruit possesses is unknown to all. It could have been a temporary separation between Time Immortal and the Time Dao Fruit, or perhaps a reverse causality, anchoring the result of ’Time Immortal’s demise’?"

"Alright then."

Returning to reality, Lu Yang pulled out several wooden swords and asked the caravan.

"I have a bit of a fate with Chuanwu, so I’m taking him back to Kaihuang City. I heard you’re going to Lotus City to trade in medicinal materials. If you’re still going to Lotus City, you can take these wooden swords as amulets..."

"We’re going back," the medicine shop owner hurriedly said, having just stepped back from the brink of death. At this point, who would have the mind to trade? It was more important to go home and recuperate.

"Okay, then. Be safe on your way back." Lu Yang handed the wooden swords to the medicine shop owner, then pulled Tang Chuanwu onto the Sword Washing Pool and headed straight for Kaihuang City.

The two landed at the entrance of Kaihuang City, and Lu Yang put away the Sword Washing Pool: "You said before that a Gold Core Period Cultivator took a fancy to Cui Que’er and wanted to kidnap her?"

"Yes."

"Do you remember what he looked like?"

"I’ll never forget!"

"Come on, take me to recognize the person."

It wasn’t time yet. The Gold Core Cultivator who had kidnapped Cui Que’er hadn’t arrived in the slums. Tang Chuanwu searched around the slums for a while and finally found a sneaky figure, seemingly looking for someone.

"That’s him!"

"Fang Wudi?" Lu Yang raised an eyebrow, surprised to find out that the Gold Core Period Cultivator Tang Chuanwu mentioned was none other than Fang Wudi, ranked ninety-fifth on the land ranking.

If there were no surprises in this competition, he would be the champion.

Could it be that he took a liking to Cui Que’er when Qiaoqiao and Queer passed the arena?

"He probably took interest in Queer’s Profound Yin Body," said Immortal Fairy. "This Fang has some kind of innate Venerate body, which is actually a lesser body constitution similar to the Pure Yang Constitution.

Such constitutions either end like the Meng Family Kid, walking a dark path but achieving a respectable outcome, or they utilize Yin and Yang balancing methods to suppress the Yang Qi in the body, which leads to an average future."

The Profound Yin Body, born on a Yin year, Yin month, and Yin day, counted as a special physique. Lu Yang had encountered a Foundation Establishment Stage Cultivator with this constitution during the celebrations in Qingzhou. The cultivator’s practice was not slow, lagging behind Lu Yang by only one major realm.

Lu Yang had always regarded Cui Que’er as an ordinary person, not realizing she had this kind of constitution.

Since the future Fang Wudi dared to kidnap Cui Que’er for cultivation practice, it implied this wasn’t his first time doing something similar.

"Fang Wudi."

"Who is calling me?" Fang Wudi turned in surprise, only to see a large hand grasping his neck.

"Who are you?" Fang Wudi released the oppressive aura of his golden core, and inside his dantian, a plump golden core hung in suspension; it was indeed a Supreme Golden Elixir from the ranks of the First-Grade Golden Cores.

Fang Wudi, shocked, found that his prideful golden core was like a stone ox sinking into the sea, utterly unusable, and what he called the golden core’s oppressive force couldn’t even leave his body.

The last time in the cycle of reincarnation, Fang Wudi, who couldn’t be harmed in the least by any of Tang Chuanwu’s myriad tactics, was easily subdued by Lu Yang, extinguished as effortlessly as one would crush an ant.

"Lu Yang," Lu Yang indifferently reported his name, and Fang Wudi’s eyes bulged round in utter disbelief.

After all, Fang Wudi was ranked ninety-fifth on the Earth List and had a special status; handing him over to Master Duanchen might cause the master some trouble.

But it didn’t matter; Lu Yang had a more suitable candidate in mind.

Calculating the time before he set out, Lu Yang had informed Old Meng about the troubles within Kaihuang City, and by now Old Meng should have caught everyone and taken them back to Kaihuang Temple; they had agreed to meet at the temple gate.

True to expectations, Lu Yang arrived at the temple gate with Tang Chuanwu and Fang Wudi to see Meng Jingzhou just coming out.

"Back so soon? What did you go off to do in such a hurry?"

"Here, take this person." Lu Yang tossed Fang Wudi to Meng Jingzhou.

"Who is this?"

This cycle had just begun, and before the tournament where Fang Wudi was to appear had started, Lu Yang had urged Meng Jingzhou to quickly handle the trouble, hence Meng Jingzhou did not recognize Fang Wudi.

However, upon catching Fang Wudi, Meng Jingzhou could feel that he had a special constitution.

"His name is Fang Wudi, and he might be the first-place winner of this competition. He possesses an innate Venerate body, just like your Single Body Spiritual Root, both of which are of the Yang constitution. To balance Yin and Yang, he has probably coerced quite a few people."

"Master Duanchen did invite us both to act as judges to advise the top eight, so go ahead and give him your advice now."

"Oh?" Meng Jingzhou’s eyes slightly narrowed as he looked at the trembling Fang Wudi, a cold smile curling at the corner of his mouth, "Then leave him to me."

"I need to see Elder Brother Dai; I’ll see you later."

Lu Yang took Tang Chuanwu inside the guest room of Kaihuang Temple and asked him to stay there quietly.

Then Tang Chuanwu saw Lu Yang lie on the bed, suddenly losing all signs of life, and then just as suddenly, he came back to life. Soon after, a spatial gate opened, and Lu Yang stepped through it, disappearing. A while later, the spatial gate opened again, and Lu Yang returned, holding the Green Peak Sword, his spirit bright and fresh.

Just like the sixth cycle, after the Forgetfulness Poison outbreak, Lu Yang informed Master Duanchen to take charge, and he and Old Meng acted in full view of the public, as their Bodhi clones self-destructed, leaving the citizens holding their breath.

Two figures ascended to the sky, looking down at Lu Yang and his accomplice with indifference.

"The Meng Family uprooted all of our arrangements in Buddha Country, making it impossible for us to stay. Before we leave, wouldn’t it seem like the Ruthless Sect is too weak if we don’t do something?"

Lu Yang watched the two with great interest, "Oh, from what you two are saying, it’s not only about meddling with the city’s people; you also want to deal with both of us?"

"The two of you exposed our sect’s movements, making you the culprits. You don’t run back to Great Xia, instead, you brazenly continue to stay in Buddha Country; you really don’t know the meaning of death."

Lu Yang watched the two Ruthless Sect Elders with a mocking smile, "You two are at the Mid Integration Stage, but Old Meng and I are only at the Mid-stage of Transforming Spirit; how could we possibly be your match?"

"However, it’s quite a coincidence that we happen to have someone here who is qualified to be your match."

Lu Yang raised the Green Peak Sword, and a man wearing a deep blue robe stepped out from the small world of the Green Peak Sword.

"Elder Brother Dai, you must make a decision for the two of us brothers; it was the Ruthless Sect who came looking for us first."